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Council further weighs city-run cannabis store

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FAIRMONT— The Fairmont City Council on Monday considered a consultant service contract with a company to conduct a feasibility study of a municipally owned and operated cannabis retail store. The city’s acting administrator, Paul Hoye, provided some background. He said that back on March ...

New principal joins St. Paul Lutheran

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FAIRMONT—St. Paul Lutheran School in Fairmont is under the guidance of a new principal, Harmon Butler, who assumed the role at the beginning of 2026. Butler and his wife, Julie, came to Fairmont from Kansas, where he was most recently the principal at St. John Lutheran School in Alma, ...

Guidance, academic support key for MLHS

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NORTHROP – While celebrating National Lutheran Schools Week, Martin Luther High School (MLHS) is hard at work ensuring students have the support they need academically and emotionally. Amber Diekmann now has a year and a half under her belt as Martin Luther’s Guidance Director. She began ...

Briefly

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Fairmont Speech takes bronze in Chanhassen FAIRMONT — The Fairmont Speech Team competed at the Chanhassen Speech Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, in Chanhassen and Chaska, Minn. Fairmont took third place as a team in the Limited Entry Sweepstakes. Varsity Next-in Finals: Senior ...

Courts

Courts

MARTIN COUNTY DISTRICT COURT Speeding — Dan J. Duitsman, 44, of Estherville, Iowa; Sara D. Clair, 46, of Madelia; fined $125; Michael D. Giampetroni, 62, of Merion Station, Pa.; fined $135. Justin N. Schultz, 36, of Fairmont, was convicted of drugs-first-degree-possess 50 grams or ...

Police

Police

FAIRMONT Friday, Jan. 23 9:08 a.m. — A civil complaint was reported in the 60 block of Downtown Plaza. 4:23 p.m. — A suspicious person was reported in the 1500 block of Albion Avenue. Saturday, Jan. 24 12:04 p.m. — A disabled/abandoned motor vehicle was reported at State Street ...